Etymology

brocard

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Today it means: A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule. Full definition →

French brocard
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  1. French · borrowed frombrocard
  2. English todaybrocard

From French brocard, cognate with Medieval Latin brocarda, brocardicorum opus, a collection of canonical laws written by the bishop Burchard of Worms.

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